Ethics
Clarke Wittstruck failed on multiple occasions to maintain, manage, and handle client funds. Wittstruck neglected client matters and communications, which caused his clients to suffer legal consequences, such as arrest. He changed the handling of his firm, and in the transition period, operated
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James Thompson, III, mishandled client funds and allowed non-attorney staff to prepare documents and write checks for closings, resulting in irregularities which harmed clients. These irregularities resulted in clients’ failure to collect earnest money deposits, unreasonable closing costs to
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Laura Johnson intermingled client funds with personal funds and operating funds within the same trust account. She also paid fees and payments to the Clerk of Court using funds that had been deposited into the account for other purposes. Johnson failed to reconcile her trust account, refund
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Keith Henry was the staff attorney for Southern Financial Services until 2011. Henry established a living trust for a South Carolina couple, clients of Southern Financial Services, while he was not licensed to practice law in South Carolina. Henry continued to provide document review for
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On January 30, 2015, a hearing was conducted to consider Robert Brown, Jr.’s potential reinstatement to practice law after satisfying all requirements for reinstatement from his five-year suspension entered in 2009. Brown received psychiatric evaluations from two separate, State Bar-approved
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On October 22, 2014, L. Pendleton Hayes filed an affidavit of surrender of license at the North Carolina State Bar. Based upon this affidavit, the Council of the North Carolina State Bar found that Hayes misappropriated in excess of $400,000 of entrusted funds and engaged in fraudulent bank
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On October 21, 2014, Freddie Lane, Jr. filed an affidavit of surrender of license at the North Carolina State Bar. Based upon this affidavit, the Council of the North Carolina State Bar found that Lane misappropriated at least $500,000 of entrusted funds and failed to file and pay income taxes in
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On July 25, 2014 Donald F. Lively was disbarred by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar. Based on an affidavit of surrender of license executed by Lively, the Council found that he knowingly and intentionally engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in North Carolina for at least two
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On April 24, 2014, Scott Leon Ingersoll received a reprimand from the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar. On and around September 4, 2012, Ingersoll represented a client in a criminal case. Throughout this representation, Ingersoll violated several rules of professional conduct.
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On April 24, 2014 the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar issued a reprimand to William A. LeLiever for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. First, LeLiever violated Rule 8.4(d) for professional misconduct by (1) failing to timely comply with the Bankruptcy Court’s
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On April 24, 2014, the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar reprimanded Mark S. Jetton, Jr. for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Jetton violated Rule 7 Information about Legal Services in several different occasions in advertisement and soliciting clients.
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On January 23, 2014, Christopher D. Lane received a reprimand from the Grievance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar for violates of the Rules of Professional Conduct. In September 2010, Lane entered into an agreement with a California and Illinois law firm, Krohn and Moss, Ltd. (Krohn and
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North Carolina Senator Bill Cook filed the bill to help Judge Jerry Tillett, who was publicly reprimanded by the state's Judicial Standards Commission and now faces sanctions from the State Bar.
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Entered on August 26, 2014, Lori Glenn was suspended for three years with possible stay. From 2009-2012, for residential real estate clients, Glenn failed to timely disburse the title insurance premium shown on the HUD-1 Settlement Statement and failed to submit the final title opinion to obtain
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Entered on August 18, 2014, the North Carolina State Bar suspended Robert E. Griffin from the practice of law for three years. Griffin was suspended for various misappropriations and mishandling of client funds, a failure of diligence in representing his clients, and engaged in conduct prejudicial
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